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Born: October 10, 1917
Died: February 17, 1982
Biography | Discography (Select Albums):
Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 (1947)
Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet (a.k.a. Milt Jackson: Wizard of the Vibes) (1948)
Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 (1952)
Thelonious Monk Trio: Thelonious (1952)
Thelonious Monk Quintet Blows For LP (with Sonny Rollins) (1953)
Thelonious Monk Quintet (with Frank Foster & Art Blakey) (1954)
Thelonious Monk Plays (with Percy Heath & Art Blakey) (1954)
Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk (1954)
Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington (1955)
The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Brilliant Corners (1956)
Thelonious Himself (1957)
Monk's Music (1957)
Mulligan Meets Monk (with Gerry Mulligan) (1957)
Thelonious in Action and Misterioso (1958)
The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959)
5 by Monk by 5 (1959)
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)
Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk (1960)
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (recorded 1957; released 1961)
Monk in France (1961)
Thelonious Monk in Italy (recorded 1961; released 1963)
Monk's Dream (1963)
Criss-Cross (1963)
Monk in Tokyo (1963)
Miles & Monk at Newport (1963)
Big Band and Quartet in Concert (1963)
It's Monk's Time (1964)
Monk (1964)
Solo Monk (1964)
Live at the It Club (1964)
Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964)
Misterioso (1965)
Straight, No Chaser (1967)
Underground (1968)
Monk's Blues (1968)
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